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msysGit was formerly the development environment to compile Git for Windows 1.0. It was never the actual Git for Windows package, and it is not current. Do not use this tag for general Git questions, use the git tag. Do not use this tag for Git for Windows specific questions, use the git-for-windows tag.

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is Git for Windows, the actual Git command line that has been ported to Windows.

MSysGit was formerly the development environment used to build Git for Windows. It was never the actual Git for Windows package, and it is not current. The current development environment for Git for Windows is called Git SDK.

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Setup a Git server with msysgit on Windows

My friends and I are trying to setup Git for Windows using the tutorial Git Server: Gitosis and Cygwin on Windows, but we just keep running into problems. What would a "Setup Git Server" guide for Windows using msysgit be like? There is a comment…
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use Winmerge inside of Git to file diff

Is there a way to use Winmerge inside of git to do Diffs?
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Why does git diff on Windows warn that the "terminal is not fully functional"?

I'm using msysgit 1.7.7.1 on Windows. I get an error when using git diff. What is causing this? Is there no diff tool included in msysgit? What should I do? WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
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github: No supported authentication methods available

i use github and have successfully added and synched files on my laptop in the past. as of recent i started getting "PuTTY Fatal Error: Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available" after running: git pull origin master (or…
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Git Bash shell fails to create symbolic links

When I try to create a symbolic link from the Git Bash shell, it fails every time all the time: ln -s /c/Users/bzisad0/Work testlink Output: ln: creating symbolic link `testlink' to `/c/Users/bzisad0/Work': Permission denied The only thing it…
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Escape @ character in git proxy password

I have git proxy config as 'http.proxy=http://userId:pwd@123@ipaddress:port' but while cloning a remote project, I'm getting error as Cloning into git... error: Couldn't resolve proxy '123@ipaddress' while accessing…
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MSysGit vs. Git for Windows

I am having trouble determining the difference between MSysGit and Git for Windows. How are they different? Why would I choose one over the other?
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Where do the settings in my Git configuration come from?

I've noticed that I have two listings for core.autocrlf when I run git config -l $ git config…
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Package management in Git for Windows (Git Bash)?

I'm reading the github wiki for git-for-windows and it says that msys2 bundles pacman: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Package-management But when I invoke it I get: $ pacman bash: pacman: command not found Does anyone have an idea what…
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Git for Windows - The Program can't start because libiconv2.dll is missing

When I attempt to run certain commands (like git push, for example) from a git Bash on Windows 7 (64bit) I get the error: The program can't start because libiconv2.dll is missing from your computer I have searched exhaustively for a solution to…
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Can Git treat ZIP files as directories and files inside the ZIP as blobs?

The scenario Imagine I am forced to work with some of my files always stored inside .zip files. Some of the files inside the ZIP file are small text files and change often, while others are larger but luckily rather static (e.g. images). If I want…
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Differences between Git-scm, msysGit & Git for Windows

What is the difference between git-scm (downloaded from git-scm.com) and msysGit (hosted on Google Code, Github, and probably others)? They both seem pretty similar, and even though I have git-scm, I have applied fixes specified for msysGit and they…
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Git blame showing no history

When I run git blame on a file (using msysgit) I always get the following sort of printout: 00000000 (Not Committed Yet 2011-01-09 11:21:30 +0200 1) package co 00000000 (Not Committed Yet 2011-01-09 11:21:30 +0200 2) { 00000000 (Not Committed…
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Msysgit bash is horrendously slow in Windows 7

I love git and use it on OS X pretty much constantly at home. At work, we use svn on Windows, but want to migrate to git as soon as the tools have fully matured (not just TortoiseGit, but also something akin the really nice Visual Studio…
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Git under windows: MSYS or Cygwin?

I plan to migrate my projects over to git, and I'm currently wondering which is the best and / or most stable option under windows. From what I gather I basically have 2.5 options: MSYSgit git under Cygwin (aka 2.5) MSYSgit from a Cygwin prompt…
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